Amp was created and engineered aboard the USS Shark by its crew upon the request of AdmiralTheseus. Theseus, who was working with Section 31 at the time, had intended on experimenting the use of a holographic Starfleet officer aboard the Bridge of a starship. The idea was inspired by the Emergency Command Hologram concept, created aboard the USS Voyager. Amp was to be tested aboard the Phoenix-X as tactical officer and be created in the likeness of Armond.

The first test was its personality subroutines; to see if the crew would recognize that Armond had been replaced with a hologram. The testing fell through as Captain Jet had embedded a virus in the programming when he discovered it was to be used aboard the Phoenix-X. When the program was installed aboard the Phoenix-X, an attack on the ship had led to the revelation that Armond was actually a hologram. Soon after, Jet's written algorithms of harmful intentions toward the Phoenix-X were deleted - but the virus itself was unable to be deleted. Fortunately, the program was no real harm to the ship in its present state, and Amp was given a position at the helm. ("Occurrence, Part I & II")

Two years later, Amp would be offered a position within Section 31 as an undercover operative (as Wallace had been offered at one time). The only difference was that Amp's position would be to spy on the Breen, on their homeworld. He quickly accepted and left the Phoenix-X aboard a Farian starship. ("Forbidden Crossing, Part I")